Council certifies Prop B election results

SOLANA BEACH  The Solana Beach City Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday declaring the passage of Proposition B during the special election held Feb. 11.

Prop B loosens restrictions on private parties at the Fletcher Cove Community Center. The citizens initiative with 51 percent of the vote or 1947 in favor and 19875 against.

For months, the Fletcher Cove initiative sharply divided residents in the small seaside town, with the City Council and neighbors of the community center on the one side of the debate and some longtime Solana Beach residents on the other.

Mary Jane Boyd, one of the supporters of the measure, told the council on Wednesday that it was time implement the new policy and move on.

"Now that the election is over, we ask that you our City Council, provide the leadership to bring the community back together and move us forward in a spirit of reconciliation," Boyd said.

Prop B replaces rules established by the City Council last year limiting the number of private parties at the center to one every other weekend, with no more than 50 guests and no more than two glasses of beer or wine per person.

The measure allows up to two parties each weekend and has no explicit limits on beer and wine except what's already written into California law.

In other action, the council adopted an ordinance banning the use of e-cigarettes in places where cigarette smoking is prohibited. It also asked city staff to bring back an ordinance that would make businesses that sell e-cigarettes subject to the city's tobacco retail permit process.